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dirtdevil
May 02, 2009 at 07:54PM View BBCode
one to washington. how was the game? i'm at work, so all i get is the summary.
FuriousGiorge
May 02, 2009 at 07:59PM View BBCode
The Caps didn't play all that well. A good outing for Varlamov.
happy
May 02, 2009 at 08:38PM View BBCode
omg stupid penguins suck. Go Redskins on ice team! (Need to start bandwagon rooting for the capitals!)
dirtdevil
i understand he rather robbed crosby at 2-2?
May 02, 2009 at 08:53PM View BBCode
Originally posted by FuriousGiorge
The Caps didn't play all that well. A good outing for Varlamov.
i understand he rather robbed crosby at 2-2?
FuriousGiorge
May 02, 2009 at 09:08PM View BBCode
There was some robbing (I don't think they showed the replay, or if they did I missed it, but it looked pretty good at regular speed.)
bobafett22
Boy, VAN/CHI is shaping up to be a bruiser of a series. A guy from VAN ended up with 24 PIMS; CHI had 3 guys over 10 PIMS. Should be a fun, fun series
May 03, 2009 at 04:17AM View BBCode
Crosby would have scored if he'd put the puck in the left side of the net, instead of right down broadway. It was still a fantastic save.Boy, VAN/CHI is shaping up to be a bruiser of a series. A guy from VAN ended up with 24 PIMS; CHI had 3 guys over 10 PIMS. Should be a fun, fun series
patred
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/3495284608_f0813e1bcf_b_d.jpg[/img]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clydeorama/3495284608/
May 03, 2009 at 08:19PM View formatted
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A friend of mine got a picture of Varlamov's save:
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/3495284608_f0813e1bcf_b_d.jpg[/img]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clydeorama/3495284608/
drew
(Red Wings just tied it. Not so awesome.)
May 03, 2009 at 08:21PM View BBCode
That is censored awesome.(Red Wings just tied it. Not so awesome.)
dirtdevil
actually, the angle crosby was on would have made it very, very difficult to hit the left side of the net. if he'd got more on it he'd have been aiming just about the middle of the net, but about 2 feet off the ice. still, a fantastic save. the save of the playoffs for sure. great pic, too.
May 03, 2009 at 09:48PM View BBCode
Originally posted by bobafett22
Crosby would have scored if he'd put the puck in the left side of the net, instead of right down broadway. It was still a fantastic save.
actually, the angle crosby was on would have made it very, very difficult to hit the left side of the net. if he'd got more on it he'd have been aiming just about the middle of the net, but about 2 feet off the ice. still, a fantastic save. the save of the playoffs for sure. great pic, too.
FuriousGiorge
May 05, 2009 at 01:32AM View BBCode
I don't have Versus, and for some reason Comcast isn't showing it.
FuriousGiorge
Two hat tricks by the game's two biggest stars. Good thing no one could actually see this game, otherwise the NHL might actually gain some fans.
May 05, 2009 at 01:42AM View BBCode
2-0.Two hat tricks by the game's two biggest stars. Good thing no one could actually see this game, otherwise the NHL might actually gain some fans.
FuriousGiorge
May 05, 2009 at 01:48AM View BBCode
When ESPN cut ties, the NHL sort of had to scramble to find a TV deal. So it's not like there's some grand conspiracy - the lost season forced the league to basically start from scratch with the public. But it still sucks.
dirtdevil
May 05, 2009 at 01:55AM View BBCode
i saw it. good game, and ovie just kind of took it away from them at the end.
patred
Aside from Varlamov and Ovechkin finally coming alive in this game, David Steckel has been huge so far for the Caps. Two goals, dominating on faceoffs (usually against Crosby, Edit: Steckel was 10-for-13 in Game 2), and he just seems to be everywhere on the ice. The other grinders like Boyd Gordon, Matt Bradley and Brooks Laich have been solid, too. I always joke with my girlfriend that on the penalty kill, it's basically even strength if Laich actually has his stick. :) He ALWAYS loses it or breaks it.
[Edited on 5-5-2009 by patred]
May 05, 2009 at 04:06AM View BBCode
It was kind of funny watching Fleury after Ovechkin's third goal -- he kept whacking and kicking at the hats on the ice as he skated in a circle near the net.Aside from Varlamov and Ovechkin finally coming alive in this game, David Steckel has been huge so far for the Caps. Two goals, dominating on faceoffs (usually against Crosby, Edit: Steckel was 10-for-13 in Game 2), and he just seems to be everywhere on the ice. The other grinders like Boyd Gordon, Matt Bradley and Brooks Laich have been solid, too. I always joke with my girlfriend that on the penalty kill, it's basically even strength if Laich actually has his stick. :) He ALWAYS loses it or breaks it.
[Edited on 5-5-2009 by patred]
Faceman
The NHL lost a lot of fans back with the lockout. They (the players?) really overestimated their position with the fans.
May 05, 2009 at 03:30PM View BBCode
I have versus but am not fully back into hockey yet.The NHL lost a lot of fans back with the lockout. They (the players?) really overestimated their position with the fans.
FuriousGiorge
May 05, 2009 at 03:38PM View BBCode
Labor issues in professional sports aren't really between players and owners, they're between small market owners and large market owners. Players simply join with the latter.
dirtdevil
May 05, 2009 at 03:46PM View BBCode
there's a great deal of truth in that statement. it applies less to the nhl i think than the rest of the big 4 though. in the absence of a real US tv contract, the nhl is really gate-driven. the kings are in a 'big market' but they're not really a big market nhl team, if you see what i'm saying. the nhl is really more a battle between teams that draw and teams that don't. pre-cap toronto was almost always in the upper echelon for nhl salary spending, but no one is calling the blue jays or raptors a big market team.
FuriousGiorge
May 05, 2009 at 03:52PM View BBCode
Market size is a misnomer anyway, but it's entered the lexicon, and it's what people understand. High revenue/low revenue is perhaps a more accurate way to put it. But anyway, the principle still applies. When teams are making money, they're happy with the status quo. When teams are losing money (or making less money), they use labor issues to attempt to increase their piece of the pie. The NHL found themselves in a situation where too many teams were in bad financial situations, and they ended up losing a season.
dirtdevil
May 05, 2009 at 04:00PM View BBCode
salaries are higher now than they were then, so i don't really see where the lockout helped them much. the canadian teams were helped out a lot more by the uptick in the canadian dollar than anything the salary cap did for them. the only real benefit to the lockout, so far as i can see, was the 'new' rule interpretations that increased the speed of play. and there's no real reason why we needed a lockout to get that done.
FuriousGiorge
Is that true? That doesn't seem right.
May 05, 2009 at 04:12PM View BBCode
Originally posted by dirtdevil
salaries are higher now than they were then
Is that true? That doesn't seem right.
dirtdevil
May 05, 2009 at 04:49PM View BBCode
apparently. those were the last figures in the papers up here. 2010 figures to be a salary cap disaster though.Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35